Ice-cream freezer



E. F. COLLINS.

ICE CREAM FREEZER.

FILED SEPT 2 1921 Jan. 9, 1923.

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ICE- GRIEAMI Application filed fieptember 2, 1921.

To all 10 7mm it may concern Be it known that l, Emmet-TH l Con- LINS, a citizen of the United dtates, residing at est Bangor, in. the county of li ranklin, State of New York, have ingvented a new and useful ICG-CTGMT1 llreezer; and l. do hereby declare the following; to be a tull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention relates to ice cream :freez era and has for its object to provide a con ically shaped receptacle adapted to be disposed centrally in the ice-crean1 can after the paddle has been removed after a freezing operation, said receptacle being adapt ed to receive ice and salt and to form a centrally disposed core whereby so'ltening centrally of the ice cream will be prevented and the cream may be kept from melting tlior a co]isiderably longer time than at present.

A. further object is to provide a core for an ice cream can, said core comprising a conically shaped receptacle having its apex end downwardly disposed, said receptacle being adapted to be imbedded centrally into the ice cream after an agitating and freezing operation.

l Vith the above and other objects in view the invention resides in. the combination and arrangement oi? parts as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings, described. and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing); from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawingsz Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through a conventional form of ice cream freezer showing the core disposed within the cream receptacle.

l igure 2 is a vertical detail sectional view on an enlarged scale through the up per corner oi the rcceptmrle, showingpacltiug; means for Preventing: escape ot salt l'roni the receptacle.

Figure is a horizontal sectional. view taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates an ice cream freezer bucket whlch is of usual construction and termed,

serial No. ii-98,12t.

from wood. Disposed within the bucket l is a cream receptacle 2, which receptacle is of the usual construction and has disposed between the outer wall thereof and the inner wall of the bucket 1, ice 3, with which ice the cream 4t within the receptacle 2 is frozen. It has been found that the center of: the ice cream 4: does not readily freeze, and that there is a soft center centrally or the cream after the dash has been removed after an agitating operation. lit has also been found that if the cream is thoroughly frozen centrally that it stays hard for a considerably longer time than it does at present. To overcome the above diiliculties a conically shaped receptacle 5 is provided which receptacle is adapted to receive ice and salt and has its apex end "6 forced downwardly into the ice cream lcentrally thereof. By forming the receptacle conically shaped, it will be seen that said receptacle can be forced into the center of the cream by operator. The upper end of the receptacle 5 is provided with a re movable cover 7 which is threaded at 8 on the receptacle 5 and interposed between said cover and shoulders of the receptacle 5, gaskets 9 are placed, which gaskets prevent seepaga of salt water from the conically shaped. receptacle 5 into the cream 4:.

l*"rom the above it will be seen that a core is provided. for ice cream cans, which core may be easily and quickly disposed within the cream, and by being; conically shaped will pierce the cream in its downward movement.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useiiul is:

The combination with an ice cream can having ice cream. therein, of a conically shaped removable ice and salt receptacle 95 disposed within the ice cream can, said conically shaped receptacle being adapted to be forced into the ice cream with its apexed end downwardly disposed and a removable cover carricl by said conically 00 shaped receptacle and forming its base.

in testimony "whereof l have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZABETH ll. CULlJlNS. li itnesses FRANK M. Beacons, Brnon 'lf, l isrt. 

